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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1902
Page
6
A universal hot water heating plan for the town is taking shape after winter discussions. Business leaders and commissioners show strong interest and pledge support. The University may supply buildings to the company, with courts and other public buildings possible participants. The current law aims to connect the venture with the electric light company.
Salem board of health closed the filthy Opera Tor 5 venue and ordered cleaning. The Volunteer Organist was secured for Wooster on January 17, a semi religious drama with a liberal minister figure and a church-centered plot.
The article denounces imitators using the name Chase to sell fake Dr. Chase remedies. It warns real Dr. A W Chase products carry his signature and the initials A W and cautions readers to seek genuine Dr. Chase preparations for nervous and blood disorders.
Transactions show multiple real estate transfers in Wayne County. Adams W Fike and others buy and sell parcels in Orrville Applecreek West Salem Shreve Clinton Greene and Wooster with prices ranging from 1 to 3500 dollars and including quitclaim deeds and undivided interests in townships.
A Wooster party led by Capt. J. B. Taylor spent hours in Orrville Thursday night touring the Champion Thresher Company factory. They witnessed the manufacture of a new balbearing wheelbarrow and saw green woodworking, night shifts, and a large order from Minneapolis. The visitors, including several local citizens and a Republican scribe, left impressed by the plant’s processes and the wheelbarrow’s potential.
C A Baker of Milwaukee introduces a wheelbarrow with a patent ball bearing hub that reduces friction and increases load efficiency. The design uses chilled ball bearing cups holding twelve bicycle balls, promising less effort despite heavier loads. Baker markets nationally, with over 15,000 sold and 12,000 orders backlogged. plant capacity up to 2,000 barrows weekly while threshers await production.
Judge R M Campbell overruled a new trial motion for Alfred J. Thomas found guilty of perjury. He sentenced Thomas to three years in the penitentiary, suspended execution for 45 days on bond, amid mixed public sympathy and recognition of the shame on an aged man.
A vintage ad notes a yearly ration of milk and vegetables for one man, claiming 240 qts of milk and 500 lbs of vegetables, then promotes Scott's Emulsion as a tissue building aid for digestion issues. It invites readers to request a trial sample from Scott & Bowne in New York.
Beginning Monday January 6 the B and C and L W tracks between Sterling and Warwick have been operated as double track and will continue to be in effect. Westbound trains of both roads will use the B O tracks and eastbound trains will report to the CL and W at Sterling and use the CL and W track from Sterling to Warwick. East and westbound B and O trains will register at Sterling instead of Warwick.
Dalton notes report a busy week with the Eleventh Regiment dramatic company’s After Four Years staged, weekly prayer services well attended, and evangelistic work to begin at the U P church January 13. Elizabeth Henline’s funeral drew many, and Dalton Oil Company plans to issue 100 more shares. Installation of Rev. Alvin Crowe as Dalton pastor set for January 19 with sermons by Rev. L. Twinem and Rev. N. K. Crowe. Daniel McClelland and May Myers wed recently, plus track and sham lectures by Joseph G. and others in the era.
Berlin January 11 The chancellor Count von Buelow warns against abusing foreign ministers in the reichstag and regrets insults to Britain. He opposes changes in policy driven by such speeches and notes that the tariff bill may fail in current form, with a proposed commission to investigate German agriculture delaying action. The measure is opposed by commercial bodies and nonpolitical societies.
House proceedings report debate over a bill to create a permanent census bureau with broad backing but strong opposition to its maturity. A provision to shield current employees under civil service was demanded, and a recommittal instructed for a detailed organizational plan. Also noted are Fargo convention praises for J J Hill and a fatal molten metal incident in Pittsburg with four injured. Detroit obituary for J M French, once a leading circus owner, aged 71.
Police search for Elmer Harrison, a young farmer, after his team and wagon were found near his Coltsville township home with blood evidence and signs of a struggle. He reportedly had about $600 on him and may have been murdered after being seen displaying money. Also reported, Euclid Avenue Trust and Savings Co assigned to Frank H Ginn, bond set at $250,000, with a downtown bank closure and a director linked to the Everett Moore syndicate amid financial trouble.
Timothy Hogan, confined for robbing a mail box in Columbus, was released but immediately arrested and sent to police headquarters. Police await New York officers. Hogan, once famous for a daring escape from the Ohio penitentiary by hiding in a tobacco box, had been serving time at the state prison.
Prince Kawananakor and relatives pass through Chicago en route to Washington to urge President Roosevelt and Congress to award the crown lands of Hawaii. They claim all unoccupied Hawaiian ground valued in the millions, hoping for a sizeable portion though Congress may not recognize full rights.
In Frankfort Indiana on January 11 seven year old Claude Fickle attacked a ten year old classmate Hreest Blackledge with a pocket knife. The blade pierced the lung area and the injured boy remains in critical condition at a county district school.
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